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  Consumers without stock holdings harbor ‘dismal’ outlook: survey

  Results from a University of Michigan survey line up with a post-pandemic income trend — wealthy consumers are thriving while many other households are struggling.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Sponsored by Amazon & Intel

  Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id and R8id instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors are now generally available

  These new instances are 43% faster performance and have 3.3x memory bandwidth boost.

  Technology

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  Toyota promotes CFO to CEO in C-suite reshuffle

  Finance chief Kenta Kon will succeed Koji Sato in the Japanese automaker’s top post as it battles tariff and currency headwinds.

  Strategy & Operations

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  How Alphabet is leaning on AI agents to boost finance workflows

  The tech giant’s finance team is using agentic AI to process invoices while also deploying the technology within the treasury function, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said.

  Financial Reporting

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  Peloton CFO to depart amid slumping subscriptions

  CFO Liz Coddington will depart for energy firm Palmetto after four years in Peloton’s top financial seat, where she played a “vital role” in its ongoing financial transformation.

  Financial Reporting

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  Chuck E. Cheese parent’s CFO jumps to CEO seat

  CFO Scott Drake will become CEO and president of the eatertainment giant beginning Feb. 13, succeeding David McKillips, who has served in the post since 2020.

  Updated Feb. 3, 2026

  Leadership

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  Job openings plunge to lowest level in more than five years: BLS

  Two government reports bolstered recent private sector data that have flagged job market weakness.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Uber taps insider for CFO amid robotaxi push

  Uber executive Balaji Krishnamurthy, an advocate for the future of autonomous vehicles, will step into the rideshare’s top financial seat later this month.  

  Updated Feb. 4, 2026

  Financial Reporting

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  FASB revisits thorny goodwill accounting

  Nearly four years after dropping a years–long project that would have changed goodwill accounting, the FASB is wrestling with the topic again.

  Financial Reporting

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  Service industry grows at fastest pace since Oct. 2024, ISM says

  Growth in services aligns with the ISM’s purchasing managers index of manufacturing activity, which last month increased to the highest level since August 2022.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Deep Dive

  4 CFO tips for thriving despite volatile dollar, end of ‘Pax Americana’

  The dollar, battered by disruption to the rules-based global order, stands at center stage in an unfolding drama of market volatility.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Better Home hires Zeta, IBM alum for CFO role

  Loveen Advani succeeds Kevin Ryan, who left the online lender to join mortgage REIT PennyMac last fall. 

  Leadership

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  Missouri may ditch income tax. Will it hurt or help business?

  The Show Me State is the latest to consider eliminating state taxes on income, but the plan to replace that revenue could harm some businesses, tax specialists say.

  Strategy & Operations

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  US firms outpace global peers in emerging-tech spending: KPMG

  While U.S. companies are scaling a wide range of emerging technologies, few have reached full operational maturity, the study found.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Opinion

  Fixing digital transformation’s weakest link: Poor data

  Without a proper data foundation, even the most advanced AI tools will fail to deliver consistent, predictable results, writes Dun & Bradstreet’s David Marshall.

  Technology

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  Cash deposit safety still tops CFO worries, survey finds

  Despite calls to close risk gaps after Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, many businesses still wouldn’t be able to operate for over three months without access to their primary bank, Ampersand says.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Universal withdraws CFO offer from ADM alum

  The agriproducts maker rescinded its employment offer one day after the SEC filed suit against ADM’s former CFO Vikram Luthar over accounting practices related to its nutrition segment.

  Financial Reporting

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  6 or more days of PTO can reduce turnover, study shows

  A new study shows sufficient PTO can prevent workers from quitting, right when employers say they’re investing in leave.

  Strategy & Operations

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  SEC appoints new PCAOB chair, board members

  EY alum Demetrios Logothetis will take the PCAOB’s helm as it navigates a reduced budget and an ongoing shift in its fortunes.

  Financial Reporting

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  Trump nominates Warsh to succeed Powell as Fed chair

  Powell, who was Trump's pick in 2017 to replace Janet Yellen, has served as the central bank’s chair since 2018. His term expires in May.

  Updated Jan. 30, 2026

  Leadership

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  Royal Caribbean CFO keeps eye on expansion with $5B capex

  RCL CFO Naftali Holtz is keeping a careful eye on capital allocation as the cruise operator looks to continue expanding on a post-pandemic surge in growth and demand.

  Financial Reporting

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  Payment outages cost $44B in lost sales annually

  Payment issues can cause companies to take heavy losses as impatient customers abandon their online and in-store purchases, a new report estimates.

  Risk Management

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  5 takeaways from SEC’s actions in ADM accounting scandal

  This week’s legal filings contained clues to where the SEC’s accounting fraud case may lead and to what enforcement actions may look like in the second Trump administration.

  Strategy & Operations

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  SaaS bills climb as AI shakes up pricing: Zylo

  Vendors like Microsoft and Salesforce are updating plan structures, bundling AI features and accelerating the move to consumption-based pricing, Zylo said.

  Technology

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  Payoneer CFO eyes stablecoin, AI innovation amid ‘stop-start’ economy

  Bea Ordonez said the New York-based payments company is focusing on expanding its core ecosystem, strengthening partnerships, and building out strategies for stablecoin and AI.

  Strategy & Operations

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  Fed holds main rate steady, highlighting signs of job market stability

  Two Federal Reserve governors dissented against the decision to leave policy unchanged, favoring a fourth consecutive cut to borrowing costs.

  Updated Jan. 28, 2026

  Strategy & Operations

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